"DEMONSTRATIONS AND SAFETY"
Top 5 Page for this destinationGuatemala Warnings Or Dangers Tip by vaticanus

Demonstrations vary in size and composition. Spontaneous demonstrations should be avoided.

Altogether different are the organized demonstrations with shouted slogans, banners and loud speakers. (See photos added to this tip) Many are held at the Congress Building (9th Avenida) near the National Palace or downtown near the Bank of Guatemala/Municipal Complex. The mood is generally light. Defiance is generally expressed by masked spray painters who are ignored by the police. (It's easier just to repaint the walls a day later).

The man on the left is labor leader and human rights activist Nery Barrios- director of UASP and the speaker to his right is a member of Congress- well known in Guatemala but I don't remember her name.